Press Releases
GATESVILLE, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced a $1,020,545.94 grant awarded to the city of Gatesville, Texas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds are intended to aid recovery from severe storms and flooding that washed over the Leon River embankment causing damage to Faunt Le Roy Park and South 7th Street Road.
AUSTIN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced a $10,859,249 grant awarded to Austin, Texas by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding, allocated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is intended to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) joined House Republicans and American citizens in filing a federal lawsuit against Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenging the constitutionality of the Democrat rule on proxy voting (H.Res. 965):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement upon the announcement of the passing of former Congressman Sam Johnson:
CLEBURNE, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today announced that Texas Rural Health Clinics (RHC's) have been awarded $14,986,810 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
CLEBURNE, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications on May 26, 2020 for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) to provide payments directly to farmers and ranchers hurt by COVID-19.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement after voting against Democrats' resolution to implement "voting by proxy" (H.Res. 965) in the House of Representatives:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today released the following statement after voting against the Democrats' Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800):
AUSTIN, TX – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) today led a bipartisan letter with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO-5) and 91 of their colleagues to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urging congressional support for independent music venues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) joined his colleagues in introducing the Protecting Life in Crisis Act (H.R. 6742) to prevent federal funds allocated in COVID-19 response legislation from being used for abortions or abortion coverage. The bill extends existing Hyde Amendment protections to any coronavirus health care provisions, and prevents federal tax credits from being used to cover post-employment health care premiums (COBRA) that include abortion coverage.